May 29th 2012

•	SAM021-SAM026 Mounted Takeda Samurai!
	We are very pleased to present the latest release in our Age of the Samurai product range, SAM021-SAM026 Mounted Takeda Samurai charging at Nagashino in 1575. It's been about two years since we've done a release for this range and we've had customers eagerly anticipating these figures for quite some time, so we're please to announce that they are now available for pre-order. These figures continue our coverage of the Battle of Nagashino in 1575 where these mounted Samurai warriors charged the barricades in what turned out to be one of the pivotal battles ushering in the age of gun powder. These stunning figures have all of the fine details you expect on a First Legion figure such as our horses standing only on a single leg, photo etched sword blades, and intricate painting and of course our world class figure sculpting. And we promise it won't be another two years before our next release for the range! In fact, we hope to have another release done right around the end of this year, so stay tuned.... These figures will be shipping to customers and dealers worldwide in late June.

April 10th 2012

•	Stalingrad, Stalingrad, Stalingrad!
	There has been a lot of speculation lately that we might start a range for the Western Front.   Well, that may or may not be so, but we are certainly moving full speed ahead on our Stalingrad range one way or another!!!  We are very pleased to present the latest releases for our marquis eastern front WWII range, the Battle of Stalingrad.    Over the past two years the questions we've been asked most about this range are "when will you make snipers?", "when will you make a T-34?", and "when will you make some casualties?"  Well, with this month's latest series of releases, GERSTAL043-046 and RUSSTAL016-RUSSTAL019 we'll have finally addressed all of these requests.   So without further adieu, we give your our renditions of the iconic T-34 (appropriately the STZ version!) and German and Russian Casualty sets.   We've also tossed in a German 80mm Mortar Team and Feldwebel directing fire and our first personality figure for the range, General Paulus, for good measure.  Enjoy!

November 18th, 2011

•	CRU044-CRU048 Mounted Crusaders Shipping Date Update!
	We have an update regarding the shipping dates of our Mounted Crusaders.   Through a miscommunication which I must admit seems to have been my fault entirely, the correct shipping dates for these figures are as follows: Shipping End November 2011 CRU044 Templar Grand Master Guillaume de Beajeu, CRU046 Mounted Hospitaller Knight, CRU047 Mounted Templar Sergeant Shipping Mid December 2011 CRU045 Mounted Templar Standard Bearer, CRU048 Mounted Standard Bearer of the Kingdom of Jerusalem For those of you who have placed orders, if you'd like to change or reconfigure them please just drop us a line and we'll take care of it.  And we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused!

November 4th, 2011

•	First Legion Adds a Selection of North American Dealers
	In addition to all of the new pre-orders, there is one more piece of very exciting news that we wanted to make sure we got out before the weekend started.   First Legion is very pleased to announce that we have added a selection of North American Retailers to stock and resell our products!   Up to this point, as most of you know, we have maintained a direct sales only distribution model in North America complemented by George from Minuteman Toy Soldiers representing our brand at trade shows.   We have now changed this model and effective immediately our figures will be available from the following North American Authorized Dealers: USA:  Alsand's Toy Soldiers Plus, Gettysburg Miniature Soldiers, Hobby Bunker, Le Petit Soldat, Minuteman Toy Soldiers, Roy Easton Military Miniatures, Sierra Toy Soldier, Stan Clark Military Books, Ted Toy Miniatures, Treefrog Treasures, and Troops of Time.   Canada: Maitland Toy Soldier Shoppe Full contact information for each of these companies can be found on our dealers page. These dealers have already placed their initial stock orders and product should be reaching them next week.   So if one of the above dealers is someone you've worked with in the past, you now have the option to purchase our figures directly from them at their shops or mail order.   Even if you don't have a relationship with any of these folks, they are a strong group of dealers and you should feel free to give any of them a try as we are confident that they will represent our brand with the utmost professionalism and high standards of service that we  here at First Legion have always tried to maintain.   We will still be selling our products direct as well, so nothing changes for those of you who prefer to continue purchasing our products directly from us.  We will expand upon the elements that went into this decision and what it means for us a company in our upcoming newsletter which will go out in a day or two.   However, we did want to take a moment to say a very big thank you to one Mr. George Guerriero of Minuteman Toy Soldiers.  George has been with us literally since day one as our trade show dealer and long time friend.   Those of you who have had the pleasure to have dealings with George know full well that he is a tireless worker and extremely well thought of in this industry as a leading dealer.   I still remember when I first called him about five or so years ago and told him I wanteed to start a toy soldier company and that we were going to make figures the likes of which the market hadn't seen.  He was doubtful of course having heard it all before I'm sure, but he volunteered his services anyway to help us promote our brand at the shows, entering into a very unique relationship with us.  As a mail order direct sales company only, his role in putting our figures in front of collectors all over the USA was extremely important for us.  In the four years since he made that fateful decision both of our companies have grown tremendously and he has no doubt played a part in in the success that we now enjoy as one of the world's leading figure companies.  So if you read this George, thanks my friend.  And just so there is no confusion, this is in no way a farewell to George.  On the contrary, George will still be stocking our figures as a dealer with the added benefit that he will not only still be representing us a the shows, but selling mail order now as well.   So his role with us has in fact expanded and we know he will continue to do well with our products.     Enjoy the weekend everyone, our newsletter is not far off!

August 7th, 2011

•	NAP0277-NAP0291 British 95th Rifles Pre-Order!
	We are pleased to present our latest release for our Napoleon's Europe Battle of Waterloo figure range, the iconic "green jackets" of the British 95th Rifles!  Figures NAP0277-NAP0291 present the 95th Rifles in action poses which can be used equally as a skirmish formation or in line of battle.   This long awaited release of one of the most famous regiments of the Anglo-Allied Army of the Napoleonic wars is sure to please, so be sure to order yours today!   These figures will be shipping to customers end of August 2011 and will make a wonderful addition to any serious Napoleonic toy soldier collection!

July 25th 2011

•	Updated Pre-Order Ship Dates
	Please note that due to our production schedule and the way in which we consolidate our shipments to  the US, we have changed the pre-order release dates of ROM009-ROM016 Imperial Romans, NAP0292-NAP0309 Napoleonic Austrians, and VEH006/GERSTAL030-34 Stalingrad Germans.  These will now all ship in late August at the same time as ACW023-ACW037 Buford's Cavalry.   As an added bonus, NAP0277-NAP0291 British 95th Rifles will also be shipping in late August.  So we apologize for the few week delay on the new releases, but are happy to report that we'll be releasing around 65 new figures in this shipment, more then we've ever released simultaenously before.  This is a trend you should expect to continue as we roll on through the fall and winter!  Lots of amazing releases coming - Renaissance, AWI, Napoleonic, Crusades, Samurai, Stalingrad, and of course Rome will all be released in 2011.  We also hope to sneak in another ACW release this calendar year as well!

•	ACW - Buford's Dismounted 8th Illinois Cavalry!!
	We are extremely happy to finally start the pre-order of ACW023-ACW037 Buford's 8th Illinois Cavalry at Gettysburg!!!   We've presented them here in a firing or skirmish line where they will once again due their duty and delay the Confederate advance giving time for John Reynolds to come up with his corps.    Speaking of General Buford and General Reynolds, please visit our workbench to take a look at ACW039 and ACW040 which are of course Buford and Reynolds and will be coming quite soon.  For now though, you have the Union Cavalry to delay the Confederate advance and more figuers will be coming soon!   These will be shiping late August 2011, we sincerely hope you find them worth the wait!!!

•	Stalingrad Opel Blitz, Passengers, and Supply Sets!!
	We are very pleased to announce the latest releases for our WWII: The Battle of Stalingrad figure range.   For the first time, we've taken the series to the realm of the non-combat and added VEH006 Opel Blitz Truck as well as a supplies accessory set to complement it along with 2 sets of figures loading or unloading those supplies.  In addition, we've added 4 different passenger figures which work perfectly well as both passengers for the Opel Blitz, as additional tank riders for our tanks, or even just sitting on the supply crates.    These new figures will be expanded upon to allow for extremely detailed non-combat displays in and around the environs of Stalingrad!   Thes will be shiping late August 2011.

•	Austrians and Aspern Essling!!
	We are very pleased to present the first release of our coverage of both a new nationality and a new Napoleonic Battle, Aspern Essling!!!  Of course, this means the Austrians and we have started off with a very colorful release in the form of the Grenadier Companies of the 2nd Hungarian Line Regiment converged into the Hahn Grenadier Battalion.  Though designed for  Apern Essling, the figures fit perfectly into any 1809 or later battle which the Austrians took the field. So use them for Wagram, Dresden, Leipzig, Raab, or any other of the many Napoleonic battles in which the Austrians took part!   The addition of these and forthcoming Austrian and troops really opens up a whole new array of display possibilities and will surely make an excellent, and much needed, addition to any serious Napoleonic toy soldier collection!  These figures will be shipping late August 2011.

•	The Glory of Rome!!!
	We are very pleased to announce the latest 8 figures in our Glory of Rome product range, ROM009-ROM016.  These figures add a few additional Legionnaire variants in ROM009 and ROM010 along with the start of the much needed command figures.  These include an Optio, Imaginifer, Aquilifer, Centurion, Tribune, and Cornicen!   These figures were to originally ship in early August, but please note that the shipping date has been pushed back to late August.  We apologize for the delay but assure you that they are well worth the wait! With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect from us, the Glory of Rome Imperial Romans make fantastic addition to any serious toy soldier collection!  These figures will be shipping late August 2011.

May 18th, 2011

•	The Glory of Rome!!!
	We are very pleased to announce to officially launch the Glory of Rome figure range with the pre-order of ROM001-ROM008 Imperial Roman Legionnaires!!    These figures, along with their command figures which will follow along next month, are designed to allow the setup of a Roman Cohort in battle line.   This is just the very tip of the pilum of where we'll take this range and we plan on providing a new set of releases for the range about 45-60 days or so from now until....well...until we think we have enough!   The initial adversaries for the Romans will of course be the Ancient Germans and they too will be released over the course of 2011.   We're very excited about this figure range and we really hope that you all are as well.  With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect from us, the Glory of Rome Imperial Romans make fantastic addition to any serious toy soldier collection!

March 22nd, 2011

•	Napoleon's Europe - Gordon Highlanders Release 2!
	We are very pleased to announce the start of the pre-order for the second release of our Gordon Highlanders.    Figures NAP0260-NAP0269 add the fighting figures to the previously released standing figures allowing the creation of a true British 4 rank square or line of battle, historically speaking the only formation the British used at Waterloo.  These figures are now available for pre-order and will be shipping late April 2011.   Next month we will add the final 8 figures, NAP0270-NAP0276, and officially complete our coverage of the Gordon Highlanders at Waterloo with a whopping 31 different figures providing the most complete, historically accurate, and highest quality rendition of the 92nd ever created.  With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect from us, the 92nd Gordon Highlanders will make fantastic additions to any serious toy soldier collection!

March 6th, 2011

•	The Crusades!!!  Enter the Mamluks plus two New Crusaders!
	We are very pleased to announce the start of the pre-order for the highly anticipated Mamluk Army for our Crusades range!  Figures CRU026-CRU037 bring on the first release of the Mamluk Army which conquered Acre in 1291, putting a final end to the Crusader state in the Holy Land.  In addition to the Mamluks, we also have CRU024 and CRU025, two additional Crusades figures to help defend the doomed city.   The Crusades range has proven extremely popular with our customers and we will add to the range over the coming months with additional Mamluks and the first of the mounted Crusaders for the range, two of which can be sneak previewed on the Crusades category page.  With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect from us, the Mamluk army and all of our Crusaders will make fantastic additions to any serious toy soldier collection!

December 2nd, 2010

•	French 5th Cuirassiers and Old Guard General Dorsenne Personality Figure!
	We are very pleased to announce the start of the pre-order for our long awaited French 5th Cuirassiers!   The 5th Cuirassiers took part at both Waterloo and Borodino where they chared the Grand Redoubt in the center of the Russian line.  The release consists of 9 different figures including an Officer, Trumpeter, Standard Bearer, and 6 different troopers, one of which is being thrown from his horse and another of which is on the ground dazed next to his downed horse!   In addition to the French Cuirassiers, we are also pleased to start the pre-order of NAP0250 General Dorsenne, the near legendary officer of the Imperial Guard.  He is the perfect mounted command to lead your Old Guard Grenadiers a pied into battle.  These releases are now available for pre-order and will be shipping to customers worldwide in early January 2011.   With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect from us, these are figures you don't want to miss!!!

December 2nd, 2010

•	Crusaders, Crusaders and Thrice Crusaders!!
	We are also very pleased to announce the start of the pre-order of CRU017-CRU023 the next 7 figures in our rapidly growing Crusades range.  This time around we present some additional Teutonic, Templar, and Hospitaller knights and militia including our first Archer and some additional casualties.   This range has proven to be unbelievably popular among out customers and we will continue to add to it on a near monthly basis.  We realize many of you are wanting some opposition for all of these Crusaders as well as some mounted knights, and fear not, those will be coming next! For now, however, enjoy these 7 Crusaders which are now available for pre-order and will be shipping to customers worldwide in early January 2011.  With the superb sculpting and painting you've come to expect, these figures will make an excellent addition to any serious Medieval toy soldier collection!

October 14th, 2010

•	Stalingrad sFH 18 150mm Howitzer Set and German Hauptmann!
	We are very pleased to announce the latest additions to our WWII: The Battle of Stalingrad figure range in the form of GERSTAL021 sFH 18 150mm Howitzer with Limber and 5 Crew and GERSTAL022 German Hauptmann in Fur Line Russian Greatcoat!   Our first "big gun", the sFH 18 is the perfect complement to set GERSTAL020 German Signals Artillery Observation Team.   This piece is equally at home in the stalingrad suburbs shelling the city center as part of an artillery barrage or even within the rubble of the city itself brought up in a direct fire support role to reduce a pesky Russian stronghold to rubble.  Even better, the opening and closing gun trails and included limber allow the gun to be displayed ready to fire or fully limbered up to be towed by a future towing vehicle.  And lets not forget GERSTAL022 German Hauptmann.   He looks every bit the part of the seasoned veteran of the Eastern Front with his appropriated equipment and is ready to lead your German troops into battle! These figures will be shipping to customers late December 2010!

October 14th, 2010

•	French 61st Line Infantry Elite Company, 57th Line Infantry Charging, and 85th Line Infantry Voltigeurs Restock!!!
	We are very pleased to announce the pre-order for the second half of the French Line infantry restock including four new figure codes.  This brings the total to 39 different figures making up the First Legion French Line infantry offering!  No other company provides such a variety of figures allowing for the most realistic diplays of a full battalions of Napoleonic figures including center company and elite companies!   This release includes the "Terrible" 57th Line infantry charging the Fleches at Bordino, the Voltigeurs of the 85th Line Infantry skirmishing in support, and the grenadier and voltigeurs of the 61st Line advancing in formation.  We have added four new figures to this relase that compliment the original release perfectly - a march attack voltigeur in full dress, a march attack grenadier in campaign dress, and 2 new head variants of our Charging fusilier of the 57th Line.  This latter figure is a favorite sculpt amongst our customers, however, with the original barehead it wasn't very suitable for multiples.  We have addressed that now by adding full dress shako and forage cap variants allowing you to create a full charing display of French Line infantry!  This is the final production run of these figures and then they are being retired, so if you missed them the first time around or you want to bulk up your French forces, now is certainly the time to do so!  These figures will be shipping to customers in mid-November 2010.  Enjoy!

August 25th, 2010

•	French Line Infantry Fusilier Restock/Pre-Order!!!
	Due to popular demand and repeated requests, we have finally restocked the French Line Infantry!   We decided to divide the restock into 2 releases as with the 8 new figure codes, there are 38 total different French Line infantry.   Though we had initially wanted to retire these figures, many of our new customers never got a chance to order them due to our producing them in relatively small numbers and their selling out so quickly.  So not only did we restock them at the request of our customers, but we also created 4 new variants of march attack as many customers wanted full march attack formations and didn't like having to repeat NAP0035 and NAP0038 over and over agian.   We tried hard to keep the pricing as close to the original pricing as when we produced them two years ago, but given our costs and current retail pricing of our figures, we had to add $5 to the price of each figure.  However, at $39.95 we hope you will agree that these figures are about as good as bargain as you can find in the toy soldier world!   If you never got a chance to pick these figures up or if you want to add to your ranks, we suggest you do so ASAP as nearly half of the restocked figures are already spoken for by collectors around the world.   This is the final production run of these figures as they are being retired.   They will be shipping to customers in mid-September 2010, in only a few short weeks.   Next month, we'll pre-order the restock of codes NAP0045-NAP0060 plus four additional figure codes and then they too will be gone forever.

August 10th, 2010

•	The American Civil War! ACW001-ACW010 Pre-Order!
	First Legion is pleased to present the first pre-order of our latest figure range, The American Civil War!!!  With the superb sculpting, breathtaking painting, and depth of product ranges that are the hallmarks of our brand,  First Legion will bring the American Civil War to life in a way which no other company can.   The focus of the range is of course the iconic three days at Gettysburg and we've started with the Confederate 55th North Carolina Infantry, the first 10 of which are now available for pre-order.   These sets will be shipping to customers woldwide in early to mid September 2010.  We certainly hope you enjoy the new range!

May 12th, 2010

•	NAP0204-NAP0216 92nd Gordon Highlander Pre-Order
	We are so pleased to announce the start of the pre-order of our long awaited 92nd Gordon Highlander regiment.   The Gordon Highlanders fought bravely and effectively at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo and these figures can be used for either battle or even others overthe course of the Napoleonic Wars.  We have chosen to do the regiment standing waiting as this is a pose that we have yet to explore across our various ranges and the simple fact is that the majority of time spent on the Napoleonic battlefield was spent in such a formation.  As a tradeoff to this and keep things interesting, we have tried out some new sculpting approaches in that we've done the figures with various body types to provide a realistic look to your Highlander battle lines.  These sets will be shipping to customers woldwide in mid-June 2010.  We sincerely hope you enjoy them!

December 26th, 2009

•	NAP0198-NAP0203 Great British 12th Light Dragoons Pre-Order!!!
	First Legion is pleased to present our latest addition to our Waterloo coverage of Napoleon's Europe, the Great British 12th Light Dragoons!  Sets NAP0198-NAP0203 12th Light Dragoons regiment consists of 6 figures, including an officer, trumpeter, NCO, and three privates as they move into position preparing to drive off Jacquinot's Lancers at the Battle of Waterloo.  Once again First Legion is providing important, but seldom produced troops allowing your collections to be broader and more complete than ever before.   With the world class sculpting and painting you've come to expect from First Legion and at extremely reasonable prices relative to the quality, these figures will make a wonderful addition to any serious Napoleonic Toy Soldier collection.  We sincerely hope that you enjoy them!   These figures will be shipping to customers in the first half of February, 2010.

•	GESRSTAL019 Pioneer Flamethrower and RUSSTAL009 Red Army Scouts Pre-Order!!!
	First Legion is pleased to ring in the holidays with the elite of the Wehrmacht and Red Army wreaking havoc in the cauldron that was Stalingrad!  GERSTAL019 Combat Pioneer Flamethrower Team and RUSSTAL009 Russian Scout Detachment continue the trend we've set for producing the world's finest WWII figures by adding some much needed firepower to both the German and Russian armies.  Whether stealthy in the attack, like the elite Rusian Scouts, or more obvious in their use of firepower, like the Combat Pioneer Flamethower Team, no one brings the action and realism of one of the most decisive battles of the second world war to life quite the way First Legion does.  With the world class sculpting and painting you've come to expect from First Legion, these sets will make an excellent addition to any serious WWII toy soldier collection.  We sincerely hope that you enjoy them!   These figures will be shipping to customers in the first half of February, 2010.

December 3rd, 2009

•	NAP0176-NAP0187 Nassau Line Infantry Pre-Order!
	First Legion is pleased to present our latest addition to our Waterloo coverage of Napoleon's Europe, the Nassau Line Infantry!  Sets NAP0176-NAP0187 1st Nassau Line Infantry regiment consists of 12 figures, including full command, center company, and elite companies, charging into action at the Battle of Waterloo.  Reinforcing our committment to provide the full array of all of the forces engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, our release of the Nassau Line adds much needed  troops to your Anglo-Allied Army at Waterloo!   With the world class sculpting and painting you've come to expect from First Legion and at extremely reasonable prices relative to the quality, these figures will make a wonderful addition to any serious Napoleonic Toy Soldier collection.  We sincerely hope that you enjoy them!   These figures will be shipping to customers in mid-December 2009.

November 8th, 2009

•	NAP0021-NAP0029 French Old Guard Grenadiers Pre-Order!
	A long time in the making, NAP0021-NAP0029 French Old Guard Grenadiers are now available for pre-order!!!  The "grumblers" of the Imperial Guard were the finest troops of the Napoleonic Era and we've given them the First Legion treatment, which means world class sculpting and painting at extremely affordable prices.  Perfectly suitable for Waterloo, Borodino, or a myriad of other battles, these figures will make a fantastic addition to any serious Napoleonic Toy Soldier collection.  These figures will be shipping to customers mid-December 2009.  We sincerely hope you enjoy them.

NAP0021-NAP0029 French Old Guard Grenadiers

•	French Carabiniers, Wurttemberg Line Infantry, Russian Artillery, New Stalingrad Figures, and Plancenoit Buildings all in stock!!!!
	We've just had these figures arrive to our new and improved warehouse facility and all of the above sets are now in stock and shipping to customers this coming week.  We thank all of you who pre-ordered the sets, they will be shipping to you very soon.   Additionally, we have moved warehouses this past week and that has set us back shipping orders a bit, so please bear with us as we clear the backlog this coming week.   We hope to have all orders for these new figures as well as all orders for our previous figures shipped by Friday at the latest.   We thank all of you for your patience during our move and will resume shipping all orders same or next business day next week.  We sincerely hope you all enjoy the new figures and stay tuned as there are so many more coming!!!